NEWS: Gay TV, Brett Claywell, Kreizman/Swajeski, GLEE

INTERVIEW: OLTL's Brett Claywell (Kyle)
"Every day he and I showed up together that we were working together, you can be sure we were running our lines," says Claywell. "We were wiling to go on a journey and open up our hearts in front of those cameras. There are some people out in the world, actors who say nobody's watching daytime, nobody cares, nobody's seeing us, they go through the motions, it doesn't matter. To us, we never had a day like that. That's why the rumors that came out were so offensive and hurtful and cruel."

"We celebrated at the GLAAD awards and hung out after," says Claywell. "Scott and his brother Chris [Evans, of Fantastic Four fame] are coming to my birthday in April in Vegas. I get to meet his real brother and hang out, and that'll be a good celebration for us, good closure."

Mega-Hits in Sick Bay -- What's a Network to Do?
It's been a great year for broadcasters, with one big exception: TV's biggest tentpole hits from the past decade are sagging badly this season. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and GREY'S ANATOMY, for example, are experiencing double-digit declines.

INTERVIEW: New AMC head writers David Kreizman & Donna Swajeski
Swajeski: "One thing that came to us right away [surrounded] James Mitchell [Palmer Cortlandt]'s passing. We love Palmer and his whole legacy. So, to be able to get in there, we decided to design a lot of our stories around him. It will be a Pandora's Box opening when his will is read. We wanted to use that and a lot of characters coming off of that. That was special to us."

Kreizman: "Angie and Jesse is another couple that we were really looking forward to giving a story. They've been under-utilized for a while, and we think they are great."